People · China
Xuanyi Li (李炫一)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024LIXU05
Xuanyi Li (李炫一) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Foshan Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2024, he has put 108 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.47 in December 2024 to 6.98, a 39% improvement. Xuanyi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.98 | 8.16 | top 1.3% | 459 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 39.06 | 42.87 | top 11.0% | 1,168 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 3.48 | top 12.4% | 1,941 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.56 | 23.33 | top 16.6% | 1,641 / 5,922 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.37 at Zhuhai Open 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First competition: Shenzhen Open 2024. A 11.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.